}}{{tnr}}'''Tom Barrett''' (b. December 8, 1953) is the Mayor of the City of Milwaukee. He was a [[Democratic]] candidate for [[Wisconsin Governor]] in the recall election against incumbent Gov. [[Scott Walker]] and 2010 candidate for [[Wisconsin Governor|Governor of Wisconsin]]<ref>[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2012/by_state/WI_Page_0605.html?SITE=CSPANELN&SECTION=POLITICS ''Associated Press/C-SPAN,'' "Campaign 2012 - Wisconsin Election Results," June 5, 2012]</ref>. He lost the [[Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2010|2010 general election]] to Republican [[Scott Walker]] in both elections.

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}}{{tnr}}'''Tom Barrett''' (b. December 8, 1953) is the Mayor of the City of Milwaukee. He was a [[Democratic]] candidate for [[Wisconsin Governor]] in the recall election against incumbent Gov. [[Scott Walker]] and [[Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2010|2010 general election candidate]] for Governor of Wisconsin.<ref>[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2012/by_state/WI_Page_0605.html?SITE=CSPANELN&SECTION=POLITICS ''Associated Press/C-SPAN,'' "Campaign 2012 - Wisconsin Election Results," June 5, 2012]</ref> He lost to Republican [[Scott Walker]] in both elections.

==Biography==

==Biography==

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Successively elected to the State House in 1984, the State Senate in 1989, the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993, and the Mayorship of Milwaukee in 2004, Tom Barret has long been a fixture in Wisconsin politics. His mother, Gertrude, was a Door County native who lost her first husband in WWII. His father, Thomas, an Air Force pilot was deployed to Wisconsin for training during WWII, and returned to the area. The two met at UW-Madison. The family settled in Milwaukee where Tom grew up.

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Successively elected to the State House in 1984, the State Senate in 1989, the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993 and the Mayorship of Milwaukee in 2004, Tom Barret has long been a fixture in Wisconsin politics. His mother, Gertrude, was a Door County native who lost her first husband in WWII. His father, Thomas, an Air Force pilot was deployed to Wisconsin for training during WWII, and returned to the area. The two met at UW-Madison. The family settled in Milwaukee where Tom grew up.

He still lives in Milwaukee's Washington Heights neighborhood with his wife, Kris, and their four children.

He still lives in Milwaukee's Washington Heights neighborhood with his wife, Kris, and their four children.

Biography

Successively elected to the State House in 1984, the State Senate in 1989, the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993 and the Mayorship of Milwaukee in 2004, Tom Barret has long been a fixture in Wisconsin politics. His mother, Gertrude, was a Door County native who lost her first husband in WWII. His father, Thomas, an Air Force pilot was deployed to Wisconsin for training during WWII, and returned to the area. The two met at UW-Madison. The family settled in Milwaukee where Tom grew up.

He still lives in Milwaukee's Washington Heights neighborhood with his wife, Kris, and their four children.

Barrett earned his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and clerked for Judge Robert Warren of the Eastern District of Wisconsin federal court from 1980 to 1982. That year he made his first foray into politics, losing a run for the state House. Two years later, he won a special election in April of 1984 for the 14th Assembly District[2]. Barrett was re-elected in November of 1984, 1986, and 1988. In December of 1989, Barrett ran for the 5th State Senate District in a special election and won[2]. Three years later, Congressman Jim Moody announced his retirement and Barrett ran for his empty seat in Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District.

Wisconsin lost a seat in the 2000 Census and Barrett declined to compete in a primary for the newly drawn 4th Congressional District in 2002. He first ran for Governor that year, but lost the Democratic primary to eventual Governor Jim Doyle. In 2004, he ousted incumbent Milwaukee Mayor Marvin Pratt and was re-elected as Mayor in 2008.